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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #150 on: November 01, 2015, 11:09:49 AM »

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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #151 on: November 01, 2015, 11:19:32 AM »

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Chicago and the Spurs might be the best Eastern and Western conference teams in the league.   Glad to see Brooklyn start the season 0-2, but I'm still not giving my hopes up.

What are you hoping for then?
Uh... the same thing everyone here is hoping for, obviously.

LB, c'mon. It's okay, you don't have to pretend.

I think he meant "getting my hopes up" but that's a Freudian slip if I've ever seen one  :)



0-3!  So far so good.
Hah. 

Nice start.  Reminds me of a couple season ago when they started out 5-14... and then finished the season 44-38.

Are you referring to a Nets starting lineup that included KG, Pierce, Williams, and a younger Johnson? I see the similarities.
They also had Shaun Livingston coming off the bench. Who would probably be the third or second best player on this current Nets team.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #152 on: November 01, 2015, 12:00:29 PM »

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Up next the Bucks at Nets

Won't be easy for Bucks

Nets will reload get their first win I predict...Pride on the line

Agree 100%. Bucks look awful so far and this is the second game of back-to-back road games for them.

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Yup.....can't say the Nets lack effort,   poor team defense , maybe coaching ,  but Lopez has been play n hard as I've ever seen him..

Eventually the Nets will start winning .

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #153 on: November 01, 2015, 12:42:39 PM »

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Up next the Bucks at Nets

Won't be easy for Bucks

Nets will reload get their first win I predict...Pride on the line

Agree 100%. Bucks look awful so far and this is the second game of back-to-back road games for them.

Mike

Yup.....can't say the Nets lack effort,   poor team defense , maybe coaching ,  but Lopez has been play n hard as I've ever seen him..

Eventually the Nets will start winning .

The thing with the Nets, though, is that they just didn't get rid of Deron Williams.  They also got rid of Alan Anderson, Mason Plumlee and Mirza Teletovic, all guys who were in their top 10 rotation last season, and replaced them with inferior players.

They have a noticeably less talented roster this year.

Mike

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #154 on: November 01, 2015, 12:46:28 PM »

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In case you need to kill some time before the game today

From the Nets message board

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i think a nets "win" this season will be losing by around 10. this game was never in doubt for a second, gasol didnt even try and they didnt need him to. how many games will we see the nets be down by 16-20 to 20-30 points and then in the fourth when the game is over they cut it to 8 or something to make the final score look much better than what actually happened. the sad part is this team looks like a team that needs a #1 or #2 pick to rebuild themselves. the boston trade was good in theory, or great in theory if there were just no draft picks involved. unfortunately that will go down as probably the worst trade in nets history, or at least second to dr j, and one of the absolute worst trades in the last 20 years of the entire nba. i think just about all nets fans would accept a horrible horrible season if we actually had our pick coming up.

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So happy that the Nets and Billy King will be responsible for launching the next Celtics dynasty. THis is going to be a long three years plus.

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The Celtics' path to rebuilding is the complete opposite of the Nets, thanks to BK

The Nets are currently forced to try and build a team through free agency because they’ve exhausted their ability to built it through the draft or through trades. The Celtics meanwhile, can build their team in every single way possible. They can get talent through the draft thanks to the Nets, they have cap space for free agency and the wins to be a reasonable destination, and they have tons of assets to make a trade with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #155 on: November 01, 2015, 01:31:59 PM »

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In case you need to kill some time before the game today

From the Nets message board

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i think a nets "win" this season will be losing by around 10. this game was never in doubt for a second, gasol didnt even try and they didnt need him to. how many games will we see the nets be down by 16-20 to 20-30 points and then in the fourth when the game is over they cut it to 8 or something to make the final score look much better than what actually happened. the sad part is this team looks like a team that needs a #1 or #2 pick to rebuild themselves. the boston trade was good in theory, or great in theory if there were just no draft picks involved. unfortunately that will go down as probably the worst trade in nets history, or at least second to dr j, and one of the absolute worst trades in the last 20 years of the entire nba. i think just about all nets fans would accept a horrible horrible season if we actually had our pick coming up.

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So happy that the Nets and Billy King will be responsible for launching the next Celtics dynasty. THis is going to be a long three years plus.

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The Celtics' path to rebuilding is the complete opposite of the Nets, thanks to BK

The Nets are currently forced to try and build a team through free agency because they’ve exhausted their ability to built it through the draft or through trades. The Celtics meanwhile, can build their team in every single way possible. They can get talent through the draft thanks to the Nets, they have cap space for free agency and the wins to be a reasonable destination, and they have tons of assets to make a trade with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM

I've actually never thought about it this way, but that last quote is actually spot on. With our current vast amount of options, we can rebuild in any possible way that presents itself.
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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #156 on: November 01, 2015, 02:00:57 PM »

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From the Nets message board

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i think a nets "win" this season will be losing by around 10. this game was never in doubt for a second, gasol didnt even try and they didnt need him to. how many games will we see the nets be down by 16-20 to 20-30 points and then in the fourth when the game is over they cut it to 8 or something to make the final score look much better than what actually happened. the sad part is this team looks like a team that needs a #1 or #2 pick to rebuild themselves. the boston trade was good in theory, or great in theory if there were just no draft picks involved. unfortunately that will go down as probably the worst trade in nets history, or at least second to dr j, and one of the absolute worst trades in the last 20 years of the entire nba. i think just about all nets fans would accept a horrible horrible season if we actually had our pick coming up.

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So happy that the Nets and Billy King will be responsible for launching the next Celtics dynasty. THis is going to be a long three years plus.

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The Celtics' path to rebuilding is the complete opposite of the Nets, thanks to BK

The Nets are currently forced to try and build a team through free agency because they’ve exhausted their ability to built it through the draft or through trades. The Celtics meanwhile, can build their team in every single way possible. They can get talent through the draft thanks to the Nets, they have cap space for free agency and the wins to be a reasonable destination, and they have tons of assets to make a trade with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM

I've actually never thought about it this way, but that last quote is actually spot on. With our current vast amount of options, we can rebuild in any possible way that presents itself.

That's the big advantage of our rebuild so far - while we still lack that key prospect that other teams would be drooling to get, we have the flexibility to make basically any kind of trade imaginable.  Whether the other team wants expiring or nonguaranteed deals of any size, longer-term contracts with favorable salaries, RFAs, rookie deals, draft picks of any kind, etc etc...we've got em.  Plus the cap space (though everybody's going to have that) plus the picks of other teams. 

It's a pretty sweet spot - we need some things to break our way but there are a LOT of options for how that could happen.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #157 on: November 01, 2015, 02:47:30 PM »

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In case you need to kill some time before the game today

From the Nets message board

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i think a nets "win" this season will be losing by around 10. this game was never in doubt for a second, gasol didnt even try and they didnt need him to. how many games will we see the nets be down by 16-20 to 20-30 points and then in the fourth when the game is over they cut it to 8 or something to make the final score look much better than what actually happened. the sad part is this team looks like a team that needs a #1 or #2 pick to rebuild themselves. the boston trade was good in theory, or great in theory if there were just no draft picks involved. unfortunately that will go down as probably the worst trade in nets history, or at least second to dr j, and one of the absolute worst trades in the last 20 years of the entire nba. i think just about all nets fans would accept a horrible horrible season if we actually had our pick coming up.

Quote
So happy that the Nets and Billy King will be responsible for launching the next Celtics dynasty. THis is going to be a long three years plus.

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The Celtics' path to rebuilding is the complete opposite of the Nets, thanks to BK

The Nets are currently forced to try and build a team through free agency because they’ve exhausted their ability to built it through the draft or through trades. The Celtics meanwhile, can build their team in every single way possible. They can get talent through the draft thanks to the Nets, they have cap space for free agency and the wins to be a reasonable destination, and they have tons of assets to make a trade with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzhYNcd4OM

I've actually never thought about it this way, but that last quote is actually spot on. With our current vast amount of options, we can rebuild in any possible way that presents itself.

That's the big advantage of our rebuild so far - while we still lack that key prospect that other teams would be drooling to get, we have the flexibility to make basically any kind of trade imaginable.  Whether the other team wants expiring or nonguaranteed deals of any size, longer-term contracts with favorable salaries, RFAs, rookie deals, draft picks of any kind, etc etc...we've got em.  Plus the cap space (though everybody's going to have that) plus the picks of other teams. 

It's a pretty sweet spot - we need some things to break our way but there are a LOT of options for how that could happen.

And that's why I've been very pleased with this rebuild so far. Ainge knows things can change in a second in the NBA, so he set us up to have a hand in all the pots. We can lure FA's (in theory) because we have a ton of cap space, an excellent coach, and a young up and coming team that's generating a fair amount of buzz. We have young prospects that have bright (yet, undefined) futures in this league, we have a ton of draft picks coming up to add/trade. All three major avenues to improvement (Youth/Draft, FA, Trade) we have a pretty good hand to play at their table.

What else could you really ask for? Were as well set up as anyone in the league, and while it's easy to underestimate the value of a good culture/coaching/owners/executives in the long run, we also have those critical ingredients. Right now were one offensive force in the starting line-up away from contending in the East. It's entirely possible that we could win 45 or more games, make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs, and receive at top 5 pick from the Nets, on top of the Mavs pick which is set up just right for the late lottery too. A lot of other teams fans (Go read a Nets forum for instance) would die to be in the position were in. As long as you've got a hand to play, something is bound to eventually fall our way.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #158 on: November 02, 2015, 01:53:59 PM »

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Awesome to see the Nets struggling! Their roster does look depleted. I wonder if they will try to make some deals before the deadline.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #159 on: November 02, 2015, 02:29:26 PM »

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They're playing tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks.  Unfortunately, the Nets are at home and its the second game for the Bucks on a back-to-back.  Giannis had to serve a 1 game suspension to start the season, but he's played in the last 2 and is averaging 23 ppg while doing things like this http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/30/9649082/giannis-antetokounmpo-nene-poster-dunk-milwaukee-bucks-washington-wizards

Both teams are 0-3 to start the season and Milwaukee (despite being away and on a back-to-back) is a 1 point favorite. This would be a big win for our pick!

Bonus fact: David Lee is a $15.5 m expiring contract this year.

Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #160 on: November 02, 2015, 09:44:24 PM »

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Big spot right here for the nets... teeheeeee!!!!!
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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #161 on: November 02, 2015, 09:49:55 PM »

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C'moooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #162 on: November 02, 2015, 09:52:51 PM »

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MCW helping us out here!
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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #163 on: November 02, 2015, 09:54:26 PM »

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MCW is going to give me a heart attack. Kid needs to make these FTs
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Re: The official 2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets season watch thread
« Reply #164 on: November 02, 2015, 09:56:25 PM »

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MCW is going to give me a heart attack. Kid needs to make these FTs

This game is making me happy we didn't end up with MCW or Monroe.  They're both fine players, but are just never going to be good enough to win a lot of games.  I'm still bummed about the Greek Freak since I was on that hype train, but if the Bucks can pull this game out tonight, it will go a long way towards healing those wounds.